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The Illinois Valley Fire District's Takilma station was organized in the late 1970s and worked the firelines during the 1987 Longwood fire. [8] The Jefferson Baroque Orchestra was formed in 1994 by Takilma resident Jim Rich, and is now in its 20th season, with performances in Grants Pass and Ashland .
The Illinois Valley Airport, also known as the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, or even the Cave Junction Airport, was built by the US Forest Service.It operated from 1943 to 1981 as a smokejumper base, during which time the smokejumpers parachuted on 1445 fires for 5390 fire jumps, or about 142 jumps per year. [3]
Location of Josephine County in Oregon. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Josephine County, Oregon, United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
9 Illinois. 10 Indiana. 11 Kansas. 12 Kentucky. ... 26 Oregon. 27 Pennsylvania. ... Spokane Valley Fire Department; Vancouver Fire Department (Washington) ...
The first gold in Oregon history was found in the Illinois Valley, as well as the largest gold nugget (17 lb or 7.7 kg). [8] In 1904, more than 50 years after prospectors had started combing the valley for gold, an 18-year-old named Ray Briggs discovered what newspapers at the time called "the most wonderful gold discovery ever reported in ...
Level 3 evacuation orders issued for Wickiup Reservoir area in Central Oregon. The Round Mountain and Wickiup fires on Deschutes National Forest reached a combined 70 acres by Wednesday evening ...
Shelly Fire may affect Willamette Valley air quality The Shelly Fire, burning about 250 miles south of Eugene in northern California, has spread to 6,261 acres since it started on July 3.
Cow Valley Fire grows to 132,000 acres, shows 'extreme fire behavior' The Cow Valley Fire south of Baker City was reported at 132,528 acres Monday morning. The perimeter around the fire was 163 ...